refridgerate curry paste??

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak <[email hidden]>

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These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions.

I always refrigerate. Semi-automatic response after I open something that's stored, sealed at room
temperature on the store shelf, but might conceivably spoil once opened. Doesn't seem to affect the
flavor any.

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kalanamak said:

These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions.

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We always store ours in the fridge. We have some puny plastic snap top containers that'll fit in the
refrigerator door, and thus won't get lost behind the milk or leftovers.

OB Holiday Food: We're going to SO's boss's house for Christmas dinner. He conned me into making the
brioche [censored] with vanilla custard sauce from Baking with Julia. (No, I'm not posting this recipe--
I'd get carpal tunnel typing it out.) Was up till midnight getting the brioche dough to where it
could rise overnight in the fridge. Now I have a good afternoon's worth of making caramel and
custard, along with baking the brioche. If this doesn't come out, I know whom to blame. If it works,
I get to bask in glory.

Cindy

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C.J. Fuller

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These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions. TIA blacksalt

We refrigerate some, don't refrigerate others. The ones in the tubs don't get refrigerated, but the
ones in the cans do (once opened, of course). There's no rhyme nor reason for this, it's just what
we've always done. I think it was because canned ones, once opened, are exposed to air and light so
they would then lose their flavour more quickly so in the fridge or freezer they went (for some
reason, we never ever transfered leftover canned pastes to air-tight containers, we just left them
in their cans). You don't have to refrigerate any of them, but I would think that refrigerating
would help keep the flavours for a longer period of time if you don't use the pastes frequently.

<snip cute bubblegum blowing story--he's gonna be heartbreaker, that one!>

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OBWhatIwantforchristmas: Since he loves animals and scratch and sniff books, how about a scratch
and sniff barnyard animals book?

Or, just take him out to Kansas and let him scratch and sniff around a real barn??? :-)

rona

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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions.

I suspect there's enough salt in those to keep them preserved. Heck - look at ketchup. The small
amount of salt and vinegar keeps it fine at room temp for at least a year.

-sw

Rona Yuthasastrakosol said:

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Thinking back on it, I've seen those tubs unrefridgerated at other people's houses.

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Quoted message said:

OBWhatIwantforchristmas: Since he loves animals and scratch and sniff books, how about a scratch
and sniff barnyard animals book?

Or, just take him out to Kansas and let him scratch and sniff around a real barn??? :-)

The only thing I've ever seen him afraid of was a very noisy sheep bellowing in a barn. Today I took
him (and dog, too) to a geriatric ward of a state mental institution and he ran about very happily
and unafraid of the odd behaviors, although he did look askance at the tardive dyskinesia lady
twitching away and barking out "cut me up, cut me up, cut me up". One bipolar, alcohol-dementia
lady, with gobs of rouge on, smiled at him, and the staff said it was the first smile they'd seen on
her, ever. That was enough Christmas for me. blacksalt

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kalanamak said:

These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions.

I refrigerate mine after opening, regardless of brand or instruction.

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions. TIA blacksalt

OBkidsdothedarnestthings: last night I blew bubblegum bubbles for baby, something he'd never seen
before. Now that he's close to 18 months, he's very imitative and curious. Anyway, he was delighted
and laughed and laughed, and drew himself up close and was "sniffing" the air from the popped
bubbles (he has scratch and sniff books, and often smells things that catch his eye). After much
giggling and excitement, he got very quiet and slowly pulled himself very close, and then, just
like the leading man in a romantic movie, closed his eyes, tilted his head back and lightly parted
his lips and just touched a big bubble with his mouth, not even breaking the bubble. It really
looked just like a kiss in an old movie, and I had the eerie preview of his future love life. Not
something I ever expected to see at this age. OBWhatIwantforchristmas: Since he loves animals and
scratch and sniff books, how about a scratch and sniff barnyard animals book?

That little baby story raised a swarm of memories for me from when my teen brood was young. Thanks
you, it was delightful.

And refrigerate the canned curry pastes once they are opened. They also freeze well.

Boron

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 08:47:21 -0800, kalanamak <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions. TIA blacksalt

FWLIW, I typically keep mine in the freezer. There is enough oil and salt in it to keep it from
becoming solid, so I imagine that the flavor keeps better and it is one more thing that does not
need space in the refrigerator. Since I also keep most of my other spice purchases in the freezer,
removing only a small portion to use at a time, it is no great trouble to retrieve the paste. I
suspect, like most of the other posters, that it would "keep" for quite a long time without
refrigeration.

kalanamak ([email hidden]), citing the Rules of Acquisition to rec.food.cooking, says...

Quoted message said:

These are Thai products, and come in yellow, green and red style. No where does it say to
refridgerate after opening. I'd like to, SO doesn't want to, but is willing to listen to other
opinions. TIA blacksalt

I generally keep them in the refrigerator after they're open. Given their contents, they're probably
OK without refrigeration, but I'd rather not chance it.

.........Karl

One of my favorite things to do is make a curried stir fry. I'll fry up a mess of vegetables and
meat, and add pineapple chunks near the end of cooking. I mix the curry paste with coconut milk, add
pineapple juice to thin it further, and stir that in at the end. The sweetness of the pineapple and
the heat of the curry makes a nice combination.